5 details wireless companies don't want you to know when choosing a plan

Figuring out which cell phone plan is the best deal can be a headache. Deciding how many minutes you use, how many texts you send and deciphering the added taxes and fees can send you screaming back to your landline. And then there's the mystery of all the little details the wireless companies don't want you to know ...

Originally, that's why I chose a pay-as-you-go phone, with a flat fee of 10 cents a minute for calls and 5 cents per text message, with minutes rolling over to the next month as long as I buy a month's worth of minutes before the month ends.

But I've been looking around for another plan because on a recent trip to Canada, I discovered that my cheap cell phone plan didn't work there, and I was without a phone for a week. No big deal, but I don't want to be stuck again.